Most Important Cuneiform Objects 81-90
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81. Babylonian Map of the World
The Babylonian Map of the World (Mapa Mundi), dated to the 8th or 7th century BC, is the oldest known depiction of the known world. It mentions the Euphrates, Babylon, Susa, Urartu, Habban (Kassite land) and several other regions, with the ocean represented by a circle. More information...
Artifact: Clay tablet
Provenience: Borsippa
Period: Neo Babylonian (8th-7th century BC)
Current location: British Museum, London
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82. Nippur Map
Artifact: Clay tablet
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One of the few circular "Astrolabe" texts known from Mesopotamia More information...
Artifact: Clay tablet
Provenience: Nineveh
Period: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Current location: British Museum, London \\]
One of a handful known inscriptions on gold, this object was found buried in a cache in the foundations of the palace of Sargon II at Dur-Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad). More information...
Artifact: Gold tablet
Provenience: Dur-Sharrukin
Period: Neo-Assyrian
Current location: Louvre Museum, Paris, France
85. East India Company Inscription
Artifact: Clay tablet
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86. Tiglat-pileser prism
Deeds and undertakings of the Neo-Assyrian kings are commemorated among others on large prisms. This famous prism with an annalistic text was used as proof for the successful decipherment of cuneiform.
Artifact: Clay prism
Provenience: Niniveh
Period: Middle Assyrian
Current location: British Museum, London (BM 91033) \\]
87. Emar Foot imprint of a child
Artifact: Clay tablet
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88. Ebla Diplomatic letter (Enna-Dagan)
Artifact: Clay tablet
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89. The Old Elamite Treaty of Naram-Sin
Artifact: Clay tablet
Provenience:Susa, Modern Fars, Iran
Period: Old Akkadian
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The first explicit Elamite witness to long-standing political tensions and cultural interactions between Mesopotamia and its neighbours to the East. More information...
90. Aramaic Incantation in Cuneiform
The only known cuneiform tablet that records a text solely in Aramaic, this work contains three incantations. More information...
Artifact: Clay tablet
Provenience: Uruk(?)
Period: Hellenistic(?)
Current location: Louvre Museum, Paris, France
